The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Hmph! Who do you think you are? You think we'll just listen to whatever you say? Climbing a cactus barehanded? Try it yourself if you dare!"

The scholars scoffed, completely disregarding Ember's orders. But they soon changed their minds, for a command arrived from the Void Terminal.

Go climb a cactus.

The group's eyes widened instantly, but before they could think any further, they found their bodies involuntarily moving towards the cactus standing in the distance.

"Wait...wait, stop...stop it!"

"what--"

Chapter 662 Convenient Void Terminal

2024-05-13

"what!!!"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

The screams of the little green figures clinging to the cactus were heart-wrenching. Upon seeing this, Ember immediately pressed the Void Terminal next to his ear, signaling them to stop climbing onto the cactus.

Slaughtering a pig at night makes you more likely to get beaten up.

"What...what did you do to the Void Terminal?!" The scholar, now covered in thorns, looked at Ember with tears streaming down his face and in terror.

Why would the Void Terminal issue such a deliberately torturous order? This guy in front of us must have done something.

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't force you to climb the cactus. You chose to climb it yourselves."

Yu Jin looked at the grimacing scholars on the ground and found it extremely amusing. Obeying the commands of the Void Terminal seemed to have become a part of their subconscious; even if they knew the commands were wrong, their bodies would still carry them out involuntarily.

It's quite amazing and convenient.

"Climb over here!"

With a wave of his hand, Yu Jin sent the scholar who was still picking at the ground crawling over.

"How about it? Are you still tough now?" He patted the leading scholar's cheek and laughed.

"Get up! Tell me why you came to the desert!" After calming the group down a bit, Ember got down to business.

“I can’t…” The leading scholar stood up from the ground, gritting his teeth, his face flushed.

Large beads of sweat seeped from his forehead; anyone who didn't know better would think he was confronting something terrifying.

What he was confronting was not terrifying, but it was more difficult to deal with than ordinary dangers.

These people are fighting against instincts they have developed since birth, and the difficulty of it is unimaginable.

Without sufficient willpower, most people cannot resist even ordinary temptations, let alone their instincts.

Clearly, these scholars, sheltered in their ivory tower, lacked such strong willpower. Soon, some of them couldn't hold on any longer.

"The Great Sage has instructed us to escort the mad scholar from Aru Village to the House of Vitality!"

"Damn it, Kumar, you..."

The scholar leader, who was still resisting, looked back at the scholar who had spoken out, both surprised and annoyed. Such important information had been revealed so easily.

"You talk too much nonsense, get out of here!" Yu Jin kicked the glaring leader into the sandpit.

"continue."

"The Vitality House is located in a canyon in the southeast corner of the desert!"

"The Order of the Church has already sent many mad scholars inside!"

……

A thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole. After one scholar couldn't hold on any longer, the others seemed to have no reason to continue, and they spilled everything they knew.

"Great! Excellent!" Yu Jin nodded to the group. The Void Terminal was incredibly convenient.

No torture is needed; just issue a command from inside, and all the intelligence will automatically come out. It couldn't be easier.

"The most important question is, why did the Church of Jesus collect so many village guards in that place?"

Ember asked the most crucial question. If he remembered correctly, these guys all seemed to have some kind of mental problem.

A cure? That would have to wait until Little Yellow has thoroughly absorbed the World Tree, inside and out. Besides, Ember doesn't believe the Faith Council would be so kind as to cure the mad scholars.

This can be seen from their banishment of mad scholars to the desert.

"This..." The scholars' eloquent speech came to an abrupt halt, and they reverted to their usual defiant stance.

"It seems to be a big secret."

Let's talk, let's talk, let's talk...

Countless "say" words flooded into the scholars' minds from the virtual terminal, both brainwashing and extremely impactful.

With hundreds of commands issued per second, the men who had just become erect went limp again.

"Stop! Stop! I'll talk!"

"That's right."

Yu Jin revoked all the orders he had compiled but not yet issued, and the scholars' minds were finally cleared.

"The Order of the Religion... we want to... we want to extract divine knowledge from their minds!"

The scholars closed their eyes and loudly proclaimed the purpose of the Council of Mentors' gathering of mad scholars.

"Extracting knowledge from the gods? Using their brains?" Ember looked at the scholar with his eyes closed with suspicion.

The scholars closed their eyes, fearing what might happen to them next.

Then they felt their faces become sticky.

Opening his eyes, he was greeted by a grinning stranger's face, and the sticky feeling on his face was from the mud in his hands.

"Water... mud... fun..."

"Alright, stop playing in the mud!"

Yu Jin turned the village guard he had temporarily brought over around and pushed him into the water-filled pit. He then forgot what had happened before and focused on playing in the mud.

"I encourage you to treat gods as ordinary beings, but how should I put it... you can't insult them, can you?"

"They have divine knowledge in their minds. Are you crazy, or are they crazy?"

Ember pointed to the joyful crowd in the distance; some were climbing trees, some were dancing, some were playing in the mud, and some were sleeping on the ground…

"Forehead……"

"They went mad because of their access to the knowledge of the World Tree. Only the divine knowledge within the World Tree can drive people mad."

The scholars quickly provided a very convincing answer.

"Really? It seems that knowledge isn't the only thing that can drive people mad." Yu Jin stroked his chin. Was it divine knowledge that drove the Sumeru scholars mad?

Of course not. What drove the scholars mad was the forbidden knowledge that infected the World Tree. To extract forbidden knowledge as divine knowledge only demonstrates the Church's great power and audacity.

"They have the ability to extract knowledge, but it seems they're not using it in the right way. Tell me, what does the Order of the Church want this 'divine knowledge' for?"

"do not know."

The scholars shook their heads; they were only responsible for extracting and delivering divine knowledge, and knew nothing else.

"What? Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson!" Yu Jin immediately expressed his disbelief. He casually restored the hundreds of commands he had previously deleted and sent them out directly.

"Ah! No...don't send it...I...we really don't know!"

All sorts of strange commands came one after another from the void terminal, and the scholars felt as if their bodies did not belong to them at this moment.

Every part of the body has its own thoughts: the arms want to drill holes, the legs want to run wildly in the desert, and even the brain inevitably starts thinking about how to complete the command.

"It seems they really don't know." Seeing the scholars rolling around on the ground, Yu Jin understood that they truly didn't know.

"stand up!"

"And this one, hold it for me!"

Pulling the scholar leader out of the sand dune, and then casually tossing the unconscious scholar who had eaten a mushroom onto the ground, Ember waved his hand and gave the group a new order.

"Let's go! To the Vitality House!"

The scholars put up a token protest for a few moments, but eventually started walking.

In the dead of night, Yu Jin followed the visiting scholars out of Aru Village and disappeared into the darkness.

……

Even in the early morning, the desert sun is incredibly hot. As its rays fall, Aru Village awakens from its slumber, just like always.

"Squeak!"

As soon as the gate opened, a villager came out. He rubbed his eyes, still feeling sleepy.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but last night there were some strange noises coming from a distance. Maybe it was a wolf, or maybe it was the wind.

No one cared; there were still many monsters and wild beasts in the desert, and huge winds often blew up at night, so some noise was perfectly normal.

But soon, the villager's lingering sleepiness was swept away.

Because in the open space in the distance, he saw a large group of village guards sleeping on the ground... and a newly dug well that was constantly spouting water next to them.

"Am I still awake?"

The villagers silently turned and ran towards Candice's dwelling without looking back. Such strange matters should be left to the reliable guardians to handle!

Chapter 663 Vitality House

2024-05-13

The desert is not just a boundless sea of ​​sand; barren rocky canyons and desolate Gobi are also the main features of this place.

At this moment, Yu Jin and his companions were walking through a canyon filled with countless desolate mountains.

With towering cliffs on both sides and a barren valley floor in the middle, this unchanging landscape alone is enough to make most people lose their way.

Of course, it's a different story if you bring a guide.

"You guys have a good eye for finding places. By the way, what exactly is this 'Vitality House'? It's so well hidden."